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Apple's making TV deals swatches are getting smart and Twitter at MIT's it sucks I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update it's deja vu here at update we're back in our classic set with my little monitor friend and the pointy purple boxes of the future behind me it was all rebuilt for a bigger studio space and it still has that new studio smell it's good to be back and there's lots of news to cover so let's get started our top story twitter sucks at dealing with abuse the head of twitter dick costolo says he's taking full responsibility for the rampant abuse harassment and basically hate fulfill that spews from the keyboards of trolls attacking people on twitter in an internal memo obtained by the verge Costolo wrote frankly to employees quote we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we've sucked at it for years it's no secret and the rest of the world talks about it every day he went on to say that this causes people to leave Twitter and that he promises to put more resources into figuring out ways to not just report harassment but to stop the trolls from having a voice in other news that sucks 80 million people now have their social security numbers names birthdays phone numbers and addresses in the hands of hackers the second largest health insurer in the u.s. anthem was hit by a cyberattack and hackers made off with the personal info of 80 million members and employees like every major hack the company is going to offer some sort of identity theft protection and credit monitoring service but the damage is done and it's not just your credit that gets damaged from this it can be used in health care fraud as well which could affect your medical records in other news Apple's busy with new ways to stream media recode reports Apple's talking with TV programmers to create some sort of internet-based pay-tv service it would be similar to the idea of dishes sling TV where you pay a monthly fee for a handful of channels reports also suggest Apple's going to soon reveal a new music streaming service the outlet 9to5 mac says eco costs eight dollars a month and it will use beats streaming technology Apple will soon have some more SmartWatch competition from swatch this way company told Bloomberg it's going to unveil a SmartWatch in the next two or three months and it'll connect to the internet and make mobile payments without having to be charged the report says it'll work with windows and android but i guess not for iOS meanwhile the fitness apparel giant under armour just purchased two popular health tracking apps My Fitness Pal and endomondo the company also has some fitness tracking gadgets so watch out nike under armours building a fitness tech empire that your tech news update there's always more at cnet com for more studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey